Support for Redundancies In the

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Support for Redundancies In the North West A
Co-ordinated Regional Response Peter
Jamieson Regional External Relations Manager
Jobcentre Plus 9th December 2008
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• Approach underpinned by
• A clear customer focus to meet the needs of
  individuals and their employers
• The need to act quickly and decisively
• Effective joint working and communication between
  partners
• Clarity regarding roles and responsibilities
• NWDA/Business link leading on business survival
• Jobcentre Plus leading on handling redundancy
• ACAS support for businesses

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• Regional Skills Employment Board overseeing
  development of the redundancy response to
  individuals to individuals
• Task group of NWDA, Jobcentre Plus, LSC and ACAS
  bringing together the offer
• Sub-regional arrangements based on existing joint
  planning groups to ensure a coherent offer to
  employers and individuals
• Recognition that there will be some variation in
  the offer dependent on location

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• Core Offer
• Signposting employers to organisations who can
  support them in the management of their
  redundancies
• Skills analysis and careers information, advice
  guidance
• Signposting to training advice and provision
• Information about alternative employment
  opportunities
• Support with job search skills and c.v.
  production
• General information on benefits and claims

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• Rapid Response Fund Enhancements
• Support to employers to ensure they handle the
  redundancy appropriately giving advance notice
  where possible
• A skills analysis to help identify transferable
  skills and training needs
• Job-focused training to help individuals to
  develop vocational skills
• Action fund to overcome individual short terms
  barriers to enable people to take up job offers

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• Progress to Date
• North West process defined
• Jobcentre Plus national and regional offer to
  employers and individuals in place
• LSC regional offer defined
• Business Link regional offer in draft form
• Business Link regional offer in draft form
• ACAS regional offer defined
• Partners have identified key organisational
  contacts identified for each sub-region and / or
  sector

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• Next Steps
• Developing a North West Plan detailing the
  regional response to the downturn by the end of
  December
• Additional provision to be put in place following
  DWP/ DIUS announcements around support for
  redundancy and training
• Capacity Building
• Embedding an effective response in each
  sub-region
• Sub-regional events in January
• Putting in place additional provision